Message-Id: <200808270929.m7R9TLk0016958@delorie.com> X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org X-YMail-OSG: xbQD9f4VM1klssydbMtG1vz.mfZRK.MKks81BmzDU3uCt1oAFLSx5tXe2cM1wvt9m11OYzgiVZ7cuQjltHuHghJfgghp..8PSZflv1lR3x5WrjgNI4jfG.7S3lF505TdMCyV9MNds_qwiEL_FgiutAOK X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:28:26 EDT Subject: RE: openssl errors creating password for certificate authority (CA Request) From: "wwinzer@yahoo.com" To: cygwin@cygwin.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Seven Enterprise Gateway (v 2.0) X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com $ cygcheck -c openssl Cygwin Package Information Package Version Status Openssl 0.9.8h-1 OK -----Original Message----- From: Corinna Vinschen Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2008 1:58 AM To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: openssl errors creating password for certificate authority (CA Request) On Aug 27 00:33, Auteria W. Winzer Jr. wrote: > I opt to use a challenge password for sending a CA request. When I incorporate the challenge password I get the following error: > > Please enter the following 'extra' attributes > to be sent with your certificate request > A challenge password []:1234567890 > Error adding attribute > 1896:error:0D0BA041:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_STRING_set:malloc failure:asn1_lib.c:381: > 1896:error:0B08A041:x509 certificate routines:X509_ATTRIBUTE_set1_data:malloc failure:x509_att.c:317: > problems making Certificate Request > > If I don't use the challenge password attribute everything works fine. > > Is it recommended to use a challenge password for CA requests? Your valuable imput is grately appreciated. It's hard to tell anything without a self-contained example which allows to reproduce this. There's a malloc failure, for whatever reason. > $ cygcheck -c cygwin > Cygwin Package Information > Package Version Status > cygwin 1.5.25-15 OK openssl version? Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/